Erik's Top New Media Talent

byErik Torenberg

  1. Henry Williams

    Special projects at OpenAI Strategic Futures

    1. OpenAI

      Strategic Futures

      2026 – Present

    2. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)

      Partner, New Media

      2025 – 2026

    3. Vapi

      Product Manager

      2025

  2. dar

    VP of Product & Design at 1X

    1. 1X

      Vice President of Product & Design

      2024-07 – Present

  3. Gaby Goldberg

    Partner, a16z New Media

    1. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)

      Partner, New Media

      2026 – Present

    2. Rostra

      Communications

      2024-09 – 2026-05

    3. TCG / The Chernin Group

      Investor

      2021-09 – 2024-08

  2. Alli Pope

    Leads marketing programs and Vercel Media; investor at Phamily Office

    1. Vercel

      Head of Marketing Programs and Vercel Media

      2025-01 – Present

    2. Phamily Office

      Investor

      Present

    3. Variant

      Director of Education and Events

      2022-02 – 2025-01

  1. Anu Atluru

    Writer, Founder, & Angel Investor

    1. Working Theory

      Writer & Founder

      Present

  2. Adel Wu

    1. Reducto

      Growth and Marketing

      Present

  2. Sarah Chieng

    Head of Developer Experience at Cerebras Systems; Investing Scout at Bain Capital Ventures

    1. Cerebras

      Head of DevX

      2025-09 – Present

    2. Bain Capital Ventures

      Investing Scout

      2024-06 – Present

    3. Exa

      First hire, Growth Engineer

      2023-09 – 2024-06

  1. Madison Kanna

    Inference and post-training at Fireworks AI

    1. Fireworks AI

      AI Inference and Post-training

      2026-09 – Present

    2. Baseten

      Engineer

      2025-06 – 2026-09

  2. Tamara Winter

    Commissioning Editor, Stripe Press at Stripe

    1. Stripe

      Commissioning Editor, Stripe Press

      2022-01 – Present

    2. Charter Cities Institute

      Head of Strategy

      Present